Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, comprising administering an effective amount of a TOR kinase inhibitor to a patient having head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.本文提供治療或預防頭頸部鱗狀細胞癌之方法,其包含向患有頭頸部鱗狀細胞癌之患者投與有效量之TOR激酶抑制劑。